Rescuing nature's bounty for the benefit of our community.

2012 as of 5/14 14,770 pounds gleaned apples, avocados, oranges, grapefruit, tangerines, lemons, lettuce, artichokes, tangelos 121 volunteers 2011: 37,988 pounds gleaned apples, artichokes, oranges, lemons, carrots, tomatoes, squash, plums 385 volunteers 2010: 22,000 pounds gleaned apples, oranges, lemons, tomatoes, avocados 235 volunteers

GleanSLO is a new effort under the Food Bank Coalition of San Luis Obispo County that unites farmers, health advocates, food providers, backyard gardeners and community volunteers together to harvest and donate produce gleanings into our local food system.                                                                                            News & Events Do you live in the North County?  Want to be more involved with GleanSLO?  We are looking to begin picking up excess produce from the Templeton Farmers' Market on Saturdays.  We are looking for helpers!  If this piques your interest, join us for an information session on May 10th at 7:30pm in Paso Robles.  RSVP to cginsberg@slofoodbank.org for directions and more information! THANK YOU! A big THANK YOU to Miner's Ace Hardware and Farm Supply for both donating garden pruners for our gleaning efforts!  We are so fortunate and appreciative of the support we receive from our wonderful community! We are so excited to try out our new gleaning cart made and designed by students from Cal Poly's Appropriate Technology class! We love our community! -We had a great time at the Green Drinks event!  Thank you all for coming- we raised $120! -Rotary Club of San Luis Obispo and the Rotary Club of San Luis Obisp Daybreak donated $1000 for tools and equipment for GleanSLO! - Jody Belsher & Jay Horn for donating 10% of their proceeds from their musical performance! Join Our Mailing List Email: For Email Marketing you can trust